May 8, 2008

Red Hot Jersey Boys Has Its Own Theater in Vegas!

May 8th, 2008

Elysa Gardner of USA TODAY asks: How hot is Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical tracing the lives and careers of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? After launching a national tour and productions in Chicago and London, it just opened Saturday at a custom-built venue in Las Vegas.

Just as Caesars Palace designed The Colosseum for Celine Dion, The Palazzo, a $1.9 billion, 50-story haven for trendy Vegas visitors — home to Jay Z’s 40/40 Club and the Strip’s first Lamborghini dealership — now has the Jersey Boys Theatre, which will be the hit show’s exclusive home on the West Coast.

Des McAnuff, who introduced Jersey Boys at La Jolla Playhouse in California, is hopeful the musical will survive and thrive in Sin City. “It’s demonstrated that it has very broad appeal. I think that has to do with the fast-paced story, which has a combination of ingredients: immigrants and family, and rock ‘n’ roll and the Mafia, which are kind of our mythology in America.”

Visit USA Today for the entire article, which includes additional thoughts about Jersey Boys in Vegas from Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli.

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